Lot of 3 rings, bear head approx size 6.25, Bacchus face with grapes approx size 10, drama face approx size 9.5. Made by the designer, Louis Rauch. Louis Rauch was the head designer at "Le Petie Musee" in New York before heading off on his own. He made most of the sterling pieces featured in this auction. We are also selling the original molds to make the rings and necklaces. His work was well known and he had many celebrity clients. His work was featured in major publications including Vogue magazine. Included is a picture of his work in Vogue, picture is for illustrative purposes and not for sale.

Condition

Excellent

Starting Bid

$50.00

Buyer's Premium

19% up to$10,000.00

16% up to$100,000.00

12% above$100,000.00

Shipping

PLEASE READ........
We ONLY ship to USA addresses.
Any single item over $500 or an aggregate total of items over $2,000 will require the use of an outside shipper.
FOR IN HOUSE SHIPPING....We ship by Priority Mail. Any single lot over $500 or an aggregate total of lots over $2,000 will require the use of an outside shipper.
The limit that we will ship in house for any one customer is $2,000.00 total.
We will not ship out any International orders.
Will not ship out any single item over $500.00
FOR ALL IN-HOUSE SHIPPING......we ONLY ship on Saturdays.
If you are local and want to pick up your items in person, please do so. We will be available from 4pm to 7pm Monday and 11am to 7pm Tuesday and Wednesday after the auction. Otherwise, you will need to make an appointment to pick up your items in person.
We determine what we ship from In House at our sole discretion.
Any single lot over $500 will need an outside shipper.
FOR ALL OTHER ITEMS THAT WE DO NOT SHIP......is your responsibility to contact either your own shipper (we do NOT pack items for any outside shipper) or our recommended local shipper listed below:
THE UPS STORE #4097
Swati Patel
2271 W. Malvern Ave.
Fullerton, CA 92833
714-870-4100
store4097@theupsstore.com
FOR COINS & VALUABLES ONLY:
We ONLY ship to USA addresses. Any single item over $500 will require the use of an outside shipper. Your coins can be shipped by A.E.S.S. if you are under the $500 total. You do not need an outside shipping service if you have ONLY coins.
IN HOUSE SHIPPING.
We will take care of shipping your items out in a timely manner with tracking info after full payment has been made.
*** INSURANCE WILL BE INCLUDED on your package that is shipped from "in house" and is already included in the shipping charge. Insurance usually runs about $2 per $100 of coverage.
ANY extra services on top of standard shipping will be added into your shipping charge, if you request it. Such as Delivery Confirmation, Signature Confirmation, Signature Required, these are extra charges, if requested.
Items will only be shipped out after full payment has been made. Full payment is: hammer price + buyer's premium + shipping charges + applicable taxes = FULL payment.
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Payment

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We do accept personal and business checks. Items will not be shipped or released until funds are processed.
We accept bank wire transfers.

Accepted payment methods

Terms

APPRAISAL & ESTATE SALE SPECIALISTS, Inc.
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For shipping terms, please see the "Shipping" section. A.E.S.S. will solely determine what we ship from In House at our discretion. We are an auction house not a shipping company.
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Appraisal & Estate Sale Specialists, Inc.
720 E. Walnut #B
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714-916-8119
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24. *** PAYMENTS ***
"NO" payments will be accepted by credit card over the phone.
Payments will ONLY be accepted by LIVE AUCTIONEERS PAYMENTS. We do accept cash, checks, money order and bank wire transfer. "NO" payments will be accepted by credit card over the phone. If you need to use a credit card, then you can use LIVE AUCTIONEERS PAYMENTS. We only accept, in person, credit card payments up to the amount of $3,000 total from a single bidder.
If your total is greater than $5,000, and you are not paying through LiveAuctioneers payment system, then we "ONLY" accept cash in person or bank wire transfers. We will provide you with our account information when needed.
A.E.S.S. has the sole authority to discriminate what items get shipped from in house and what is shipped by an outside shipper. We are an auction house and not a professional shipping company.
25. A.E.S.S. shipping FOR COINS ONLY:
A.E.S.S. is only shipping in house coins, and a few items at our discretion.
Your coins ONLY will be shipped by A.E.S.S. to your registered LiveAuctioneers USA address only. We only ship coins lots up to $500.00 (five hundred) U.S. dollars. Amounts over $500.00 will need to arrange for an outside shipper. Buyer is responsible for all in house shipping costs including a small fee per package to cover for packing materials. We will take care of shipping your items out in a timely manner with tracking info after full payment has been made. We require insurance on your package. Signature Confirmation may be required and are extra services and will ONLY be added at A.E.S.S.'s sole discretion. Items will be shipped by US Post Office. If any other shipping method is desired, buyer will pay for this upgrade, i.e. Priority Mail or Express Mail. Coins will only be shipped out after complete payment has been made, hammer price + buyer's premium + shipping + applicable taxes = complete payment. All other items, other than coins, are your responsibility to contact either your shipper or our local shippers. Local shipper's contact information is located under our ABOUT US page.
If you have other items won in the auction beside coins, it will ship the coins only to your USA liveauctioneer.com registered address only.
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28. This is the agreement in full and no edits will be made.
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